new l200 owner + a few questions
Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2016 12:14 pm
G'day all, thought I'd sign up to this forum in the hopes of finding some more info about my car and perhaps have a geeze at some common mods and builds people have done. I also have a few questions that I can't seem to find answers to.
About my car: I'd been on the look out for a ute for a while and after I sold my little e30 rocket (mad regret) I had enough money to get one. I'd seen a few l200's and loved the style so I checked one out that turned out to be a rust bucket. A few weeks later I saw a 1981 tray top l200 that was in pretty decent condition with little rust but was in need of new paint. I didn't let the opportunity pass and here we are today haha. I plan on rebuilding bits and pieces over a weekend here and there so I can still daily it. Despite this, I admit I'd love to take the cab off and do a ground up but I don't have many things- time, space, money haha.
My questions are-
1. I can't seem to find a workshop manual/haynes manual for my car, do they exist?
2. Does the l200 share much in parts with other mitsi's of the time? I heard the sigma wagon shares the same chassis. I'm struggling to find l200 leaf springs, u-bolts, shocks, springs etc. Also I think it's just good to know what I can swap over apart from engines (diffs etc)
3. Is the narrow/wide block and gearbox interchangeability just to do with engines and gearboxes and doesn't regard cars? I mean, as long as you have a matching engine + gearbox, will it fit into anything? I have a column shift 4g32 and looking to put in 2lt astron 5 speed manual (narrow)
4. Common oil leaks for the 4g32? I have a mad oil leak covering some of the RHS underbody and LHS of the gearbox/bell housing and looking to try and stop it.
Thanks guys!
About my car: I'd been on the look out for a ute for a while and after I sold my little e30 rocket (mad regret) I had enough money to get one. I'd seen a few l200's and loved the style so I checked one out that turned out to be a rust bucket. A few weeks later I saw a 1981 tray top l200 that was in pretty decent condition with little rust but was in need of new paint. I didn't let the opportunity pass and here we are today haha. I plan on rebuilding bits and pieces over a weekend here and there so I can still daily it. Despite this, I admit I'd love to take the cab off and do a ground up but I don't have many things- time, space, money haha.
My questions are-
1. I can't seem to find a workshop manual/haynes manual for my car, do they exist?
2. Does the l200 share much in parts with other mitsi's of the time? I heard the sigma wagon shares the same chassis. I'm struggling to find l200 leaf springs, u-bolts, shocks, springs etc. Also I think it's just good to know what I can swap over apart from engines (diffs etc)
3. Is the narrow/wide block and gearbox interchangeability just to do with engines and gearboxes and doesn't regard cars? I mean, as long as you have a matching engine + gearbox, will it fit into anything? I have a column shift 4g32 and looking to put in 2lt astron 5 speed manual (narrow)
4. Common oil leaks for the 4g32? I have a mad oil leak covering some of the RHS underbody and LHS of the gearbox/bell housing and looking to try and stop it.
Thanks guys!